Bradley was born on August 27th, 1990 to Frank and Lynn Faulkner. Brad grew up in Washburn WI and graduated from Washburn High School in 2009. During his high school years Brad was active in Bayfield County 4-H including being club president of Hillcrest Mountain Valley 4-H Club, camp counselor for multiple years at the Tri-County 4-H camp, earning the 4-H Key Award and participating in market sale for 4 years. In high school he was active in band, show choir ” Fire and Ice”, forensics and track and field. He went on to attend The University of Wisconsin, Superior and Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College, Superior. He graduated from WITC on May 18, 2013 with an Associate Degree in Machine Tool. He was employed at several manufacturing businesses over the course of his career, including Bretting Manufacturing, Ashland, Genesis Equipment and Manufacturing, Superior and Nexen Group, Webster, WI.